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Noun

A domesticated carnivorous mammal

(derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible or offensive

Young dog

A male person or individual

A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry

Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs

A total failure

A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

A person who informs on another person or group to the authorities

Young animal

Verb

To pursue with an intent to catch

To be (constantly) subjected to something unpleasant

To subject (someone) to constant scoldings or harassment

To accompany, especially to look after or supervise

Avoid, get out of responsibility

To cause to give in to pressure or harassment

Proper noun

Dog or dogspeak

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Noun

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A domesticated carnivorous mammal

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“Our pet dog began barking excitedly when we arrived home.”

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(derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible or offensive

sympathizer^US

sympathiser^UK

jailbird^US

gaolbird^UK

phoney^UK

phony^US

public enemy number one

spectre^UK

specter^US

member of a criminal gang

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“He would turn out to be a dirty dog who was only after his uncle's insurance money.”

Noun

Young dog

Noun

A male person or individual

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A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry

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Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs

Noun

A total failure

unsuccessful challenger

unsuccessful candidate

balk^US

baulk^UK

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A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

Noun

A person who informs on another person or group to the authorities

sympathizer^US

sympathiser^UK

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Noun

Young animal

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To pursue with an intent to catch

be hard on the heels of

follow on the heels of

eye

come after

tread on the heels of

keep up the pace with

keep pace with

dog the footsteps of

be hot on someone's heels

keep under surveillance

camp on the doorstep of

keep under observation

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“Police would relentlessly dog the fugitive across the length and breadth of the country.”

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To be (constantly) subjected to something unpleasant

agonize^US

tantalize^US

agonise^UK

upset

tantalise^UK

get to

taunt

give someone a hard time

victimize^US

terrorize^US

insist

remind

get the knife into

make things hot for someone

expel

make it hot for someone

victimise^UK

terrorise^UK

drive you up the wall

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

get on someone's wick

make someone's hackles rise

make someone's blood boil

get under someone's skin

get someone

be on the back of

get on somebody's nerves

try someone's patience

make someone see red

bum out

ruffle someone's feathers

get someone's goat

get up someone's nose

make angry

get someone's back up

get on someone's nerves

satirize^US

give one the business

hurt someone's feelings

satirise^UK

take the mickey out of

breathe down someone's neck

make one's hackles rise

get on someone's case

tyrannize^US

tyrannise^UK

drive round the twist

cause anxiety to

be a great weight on

make uneasy

weigh heavily on someone's mind

weigh heavily on one's mind

labor^US

labour^UK

get on someone's back

breath down someone's neck

appall^US

appal^UK

criticize^US

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

be a weight on one's mind

be ever present

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

lead someone a merry dance

criticise^UK

be a weight on someone's mind

bring pressure to bear on

set one's teeth on edge

give someone the hump

sweat out

mess with someone's head

do someone's head in

swallow up

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“He began cursing the unpredictable weather that seemed to dog him wherever he went.”

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To subject (someone) to constant scoldings or harassment

give someone a hard time

criticize^US

criticise^UK

breathe down someone's neck

bend someone's ear

get on someone's back

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“The restaurant owner would constantly dog his employees about being paid to wash dishes, and not to listen to rock and roll.”

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To accompany, especially to look after or supervise

draft^US

draught^UK

marshal^UK

marshall^US

harmonize^US

harmonise^UK

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Avoid, get out of responsibility

pay little attention to

keep one's distance from

have nothing to do with

keep out of the way of

rationalize^US

extricate oneself from

rationalise^UK

duck out of the way of

swerve away from

get out of the way of

give somebody the slip

run from

slip through the net

slip through someone's fingers

let something go downhill

let something go to seed

shirk from

fake out

cut someone dead

give someone the brush-off

give someone the go-by

give the cold shoulder to

cut someone cold

outmanoeuvre^UK

give something a miss

outmaneuver^US

balk^US

baulk^UK

slip through the net of

lead on a merry chase

sneak away

escape the clutches of

end-run

slip out

give someone a wide berth

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

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To cause to give in to pressure or harassment

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

use strong-arm tactics on

bring pressure to bear on

put under an obligation

tyrannize^US

tyrannise^UK

tighten the screws on

insist on

turn on the heat

have someone do something

terrorize^US

terrorise^UK

breathe down someone's neck

leave someone no option

work over

will

argue

force somebody's hand

put the frighteners on

trouble

torment

vex

make an offer they can't refuse

bludgeon into

bully into

bring force to bear on

hold a gun to someone's head

leave someone no option but to

behoove^US

behove^UK

instil^UK

instill^US

leave no choice but to

establish in someone's mind

drive home

fix deeply in someone's mind

leave in no doubt

bring pressure to bear upon

appall^US

appal^UK

scare the bejesus out of

maneuver^US

rationalize^US

rationalise^UK

manoeuvre^UK

put through the wringer

victimize^US

put the fear of God into

fill with terror

make things hot for someone

inspire panic in

strike terror in

make it hot for someone

victimise^UK

frighten out of your wits

obtain by force

worm something out of someone

put the bite on someone for

blackmail someone for

demand hush money from

hold to ransom

put the shake on

shake down

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Proper noun

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Dog or dogspeak

Dog

dogspeak

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